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This striking rock pinnacle is called the Old Man of Storr, named after the mountain, The Storr, of which it is part, and it is a landmark that can be seen from a long way off as you drive up the eastern coast of the Isle of Skye. Beneath it is Loch Fada with its tiny island.
Usually my visits to Skye are accompanied by uniform grey cloud, discouraging my hope of getting striking landscapes, but on this occasion, arriving in the late afternoon, I immediately headed north to photograph this landscape, aiming to get there before the sun dropped too far behind the hills and plunge the loch into shade.
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